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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-28
VIRGIN

The National Republican tells . sad
story Of the recent death Of Bordley +.
Calhoop, SON Of Commodore Calhoon, U.
s. N, in Washington. When it was dis
covered that young Calhoon could not
get we'll DIR. Bromwell notified his pa.
tient that he was beyond all hope OF re.
coyery. The dying man heard the ply.
s%ician's sad words with great composure.
He sent for his father and told him that
for three years past he had been engaged
to Miss Eleanor Semmes, the eldest
daughter of John ii. Semmes. He asked
his fathers consent to an immediate mar
rage to the woman he loved. The re-
Quest was made known to Miss Semmes
and shortly after l o'clock in the after
noon a small group stood at the bedside
of the dying man. The cluster com
prised the bride, Admiral Calhoon, his
two daughters, and DR.. Cromwell. Rev.
j. B. Perry, Of st. Andrews Church,
performed the beautiful marriage cere.
mony of the Episcopal Church. The
scene was a sad one, and all eyes filed
with tears ere the service was completed.
There was also another scene OF equal
sadness in an adjoining room, where upon
a bed of pain, sickness and sorrow lay
the mother of the dying man. too ill to
ever rise upon her pillow. She laid, as
it were to her. upon s deathbed itself,
her heart rent in twain, by the sad, sad
thoughts that were fitting across her
mind. 1t was but a few minutes that
the group stood in worship, and then
they knelt as the man of God prayed
and commended the aeeting soul to his
maker. In a few short hours the beauti'
full bride became a widow.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-28
A yExED

In this country it is not lawful for a
husband to open his wife's letters. The
Parisian advocates discussed the delicate
question: HAS a husband q right to
open his wife's letters ?" at their last
conference, and they decided that he has.
A journalist who has consulted some
extra-legal luminaries or the question
finds them, with q single exception, in
substantial agreement with the lawyers.
An enlightened priest, whose name is
not given, answered that the doctrine OF
the church was that the husband il
master in the house, and that he had.
therefore. a right to open the wife's let
tiers. III. D. Presence, the leading
Protestant pastor in Paris, was some.
what less affirmative; though, as regards
wives who have anything to fear from
the exercise Of the right, he supported
the decision OF the barristers, while il
the case of the good wife he could not
see how it mattered either way. Alex
ander Dumas, looking at the question
from the historical philosophical stand
point, commended that what we know o.
the relations between Adam and Eve IN
the Garden of Eden clearly establishes
the right Of the husband to inspect his
wife's correspondence. Madame Peyre
buns answer was also in the affirmative,
though she added that the question wa'
of no practical Importance, as compro
missing letters were never sent through
the post. Madame Adam was the only
dissenter. In her opinion the husband
who opened his wife's letters was nothing
more or less than a BLACKBOARD.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-28
A Chance for Expert Mining Pros.
pectOrs.

The Grass Valley Union says: James
Bennallsck yesterday received q letter
from Georgetown. British Guiana, from
the agent Of a mining company, who de-
sired him TO secure the services Of two ex'
pert mining prospecsors. who understand
their business and know how to rough it
They are wanted to prospect for quartz
and placer diggings in the newly discov'
cred gold fields in British Guiana, neal
the boundaries of Venezuels. The placer.
are already yielding we'll. but quartz veins
have not yet been discovered, and q Lon.
don company, with an ample capital
has been organized for that purpose. and
it Ia proposed to prospect the country
thoroughly to find quartz. Mr.. Ben
nsllack is authorized to seRd two OF the
right kind of men, who will be paid
good salaries, and their expenses on the
trip. The journey is g long u from Cali
fornia, being by rail from here to New
York, thence by steamer to 81. Thomas,
in the West Indies. at which point an
other is taken to Georgetown, Demerars,
British Guiana. From Georgetown the
travel is by river stesmer TO within sew.
enty miles Of the gold fields, the latter
distance being made in small boats.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-28
A Marriage AnnuiIed.

New York, April 27.-Judge An
drews, in the Supreme Court to-day,
confirmed the findings Of the jury to
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-28
AN A~NEsrHErIC BULLET.

A German chemist has invented a new
kind Of anssthetic bullet, which he urges
will. if brought into general use. greatly
diminish the horrors of war. The bullet
is of q brittle substance, breaking di.
rectly On coming in contact with the OBJ
ject at which it is aimed. 1t contains a
powerful an~@sthetic, producing instan-
taneously complete insensibility, lasting
for twelve hours, which. except that the
action of the heart continues, is not to
be distinguished from death. A battle-
field where these bullets are used will in
. short time be apparently covered with
dead bodies, but in reality merely with
the PROSTATE forms of soldiers reduced
for the time being to a state of uncon-
seriousness. While in this condition they
may, the German chemist points out, be
packed in ambulance wagons and carried
off as prisoners.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-28

Ayoung man had been arrested for kiss.
ing q pretty girl, and she was on the wit.
ness stand.
"You say" said the attorney for the de.
Tense, "that the young man kissed you
against your will?"
Eyes. he did. and he did II Q dozen
times, too"
Well, now, is il not true that you also
kissed him during the ARRAY"
Objected to; objection overruled.
Nov answer nv question" continued
the attorney. did you not kiss the de-
PENDANT also 2"
Eyes. l did" replied the witness indig-
nantly, "bus it was in self-defense."
Case dismissed.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-28

the effect that Mary, or Minnie Clark,
was not entitled to a divorce from
Hercules L. kittson, whom she
claimed to have married, because at
the time he was under the influence .;
LIQUOR, and was not able to understand
what he was doing, the Judge annuls
the marriage.
Black Fever and Diphtheria.
QUEBEC, April 27.-Advices from
the village OF st. Maurice state that a
disease known as black fever, accom-.
panied by diphtheria, is making terri.
BILE ravages among the people at Mount
Carbon. The family OF a French set
tier, named Antoine Vengeois, ha:
been almost destroyed. Eight death;
have taken place.
Suffering from Measles.
WASHINGTON, April THE Marine
Hospital Bureau is informed that tn,
| Indians in the vicinity OF Yuma
| Arizona Territory, are suffering
| from a severe epidemic of measles
| which has proved fatal in 60 cases NJ
| to the 10th instant.
Adjourned.
ALBANY. April 27.-The Senate thi
morning adjourned in honor of tn
| birthday of General Grant.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-28

There was on the train wrecked at Las
Vegas April 4 nearly 500. 600 in treasure,
of which SOL $40 in gold was recovered
intact. and 81 400 was dug from she
debris. The remainder. over s.. 900, was
never found. Special Officer Hume was 9
down to investigate. He reports that
there is no doubt Ii was stolen at the
time of the disaster.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-28
Appreciated.

An Englishman once presented a twenty
fv~e-thousand dollar printing press to the
London Telegraph" accompanied by .
letter saying: I'm your paper, BY Judi
cious advertising, / have smassed the for.
tune which enables me to offer this tes,i.
mony OF regard and good will"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-28
Notice to Grand Jurors.

THE MEMBERS OF THE GRAND JVH
l. are requested to be in attendance AVN
Grand Jury room on TUESDAY evening, MAY .
1887, att o'clock. Pm. HANSEN. Foreman.
Eureka. April %, 1887. as'u
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-28
Annual Meeting.

THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE HUNT.
Il ington Valley Stock and Land Company
will meet at the Office of the company in Ru,
reka. Nevada, on MONDAY, May 70, 1887, for
the purpose OF electing Trustees and the trans
action OF such other business a. may come be.
fore the meeting. r. SADLER. President
J. n. HILL, Acting Secretary.
fareks, April 10, 1887, a2O.td
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-28
Stockholders N Getting.

THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE ATLANTIC
i and Pacific Tunnel and Mining Company
are requested TO meet at the Company's office III
Eureka, Nevada, on MONDAY, Nav 90,
lSS7, for the purpose of electing Trus,
tees and the transaction Of such Other
business As may come Def re the meeting.
r. SADLER, President.
j.. N. BILL, Acting Secretary.
Eureka, April 10. 1887. a20-td
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-05

a pension check, originally drawn
for q. dated May, 1885, which had
been raised to $3.50 and had passed
through several banks and private
hands, was recently presented at the:
cash-room Of the Treasury for payment
by one Of the city banks. The paying
teller, Mr.. w. H. Gibson, at once de-
tected certain irregularities in the
check, (. and reported the facts to
Treasurer Hyatt. The latter commune
Gated with the Pension Agent, who in
formed him that no such check had
been issued by him. It was subse-
quently ascertained that the name Of
the payee and the number Of the check
had been changed, and also the date to
May 81, 1887. The check had been so
cleyerly manipulated that no suspicion
had been aroused by the local bank
officials, and it is the opinion Of the
Treasurer that had the check been pre-
sented to IN inexperienced person at
the Treasury Department, 1t would
have been cashed without question.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-05
Mexican Mining Kings,

The bonanza kings of Zacatecas are
the Escobedos, and the King bee of the
family is the Hon. Jesus Escobedo.
His income, in the language of Ia
catecas American, is three times what
John W. Mackay's is. When he was a
a boy Jesus Escobedo peddled charcoal.
Associated with Jesus in the mining en-
terprises are Jose Maria and Cayetano
Escobedo. Besides the three brothers
there are other branches of the family
also engaged in mining. Jesus Esco-
bedo is one of the largest owners in the
Veta Grande, from the discovery of
which the existence of Zacatecas, as a
mining camp, dates. He has been a
Deputy in the lower branch of the Mexi-
can Congress, and Senator as well.
Jesus Escobedo confines his attention
almost exclusively to mines. His BROTH
or, Jose Maria, is one of the largest
real-estate owners in the city. In one
locaiitd he has 1000 tenants of the
poorer class, and his rent-rou amounts
to $3.50 day. A branch of the family
owns a hacienda eighteen miles long
and five miles wide below the city.
When the Escobedos think corn il get
ting too cheap they run a. little corner
and tie up 100000 bushels in their
granaries until the market stifens.-
Z0c0tccGs Letter.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-05
Cross Examined,

'sDo 90 love me?" The mother was
beside the couch of her first born, try
ing to put it to sleep. eyes, darling
mamma loves you dearly: now shut
your eyes and go to sleep.'' EFF Minty
Jones' papa was my papa would 90
love me zen?'' s.Don't talk any more,
darling, you'll never get to Sleep" ''Ef
Minty Jones mamma was my mamma,
and my papa was Minty Jones' papa,
would 90 love, me zen?" .'Now you
just stop this talk or I'll do something
to YOU" EFF my papa hadn't seen 90
would, would '-the little head turned
to one side with closed eyes, and the
mother looked at it moment, the tears
welled up, and she kissed her little one
softly and lingeringly as her husband
stepped in and she told him the story
of their child's babble.-Davenport
Democrat.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-05
A Queer WAL.

III a lawyer Of my acguain tance yester-
day told me about : queer will which
was lately laid before him ii his pro-
fessional capacity, The testator, q
physician Of considerable wealth, after
providing literally for his family, left
in trust the sum Of $4,000, the In.
come Of which was to be paid over an
nually to ''sonle professional man who
has failed in life, the trustees having
the power to transfer d. the income
from one person to another If they
should see fit, Several Of the heirs and
residuary legatee, he told me. desired
to contest the will on the ground that
this strange bequest was too indefinite
to be sustained in law. What is failure,
and who can undertake to say that So
and-so. has failed in life, whereas So
and-so has succeeded This would
have been their line of arguments If the
case had come into court; but it was final
~ resolved to accept the will as it stands,
and the sum of $500 or $500 will be at
the disposal of the trustees annually
for the purpose indicated. According
to the will the disposition of this an
nual SUM is to remain a secret between
the trustees and the beneficiary. Bos-
ton Post. e.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-05
Science In tho House..

Science, in mild form, is now occu-
plying itself in making many inventions
for domestic purposes, saving time and
trouble to the housekeeper. Among
the latest are striking sandglasses to be
used by the cook, or another, in opera
tons which require specified amount
of time and attention. One of these
glasses is 80 weighted and hung that
the emptying of the sand reverses it
and causes metal attachment to strike
against the stand in falling, thus giving
a note of warning, so that the person
using it is able to attend to other things
meanwhile, instead of having, as form
erly, to give unceasing chances at the
running of the sand. This little imple-
ment everybody who has ever boiled an
egg or done any other brief thing of
the kind, by the help of a three-minute
glass, will feel to be great enfran-
chisement. Another invention useful
to those who keep birds, is cage, on
one side of the floor of which is fitted a
roll of thick water proof paper, running
through grooves and crossing the en-
tire bottom of the cage. Every morn
ing the soiled paper is pulled through
and torn off in its own crease without
more ado, ready to be thrown in the
fire, and the fresh paper, in the act of
pulling off the soiled, has taken its
place, thus sparing the person whose
duty it is to attend to the cleanliness of
the cage, much trouble and annoyance
and the little tenant of the place much
luttering.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-05
Slaves Ia Their Corsats.

d.. s..Es%
L.. The Lancet: 1t has always seemed
TO US to be somewhat Of 4 satire on the
work Of nature that the female form
should be thought5to require the sup
port of y corset IN order to make it
graceful. We observe: therefore, with
satisfaction that ladies. and even young
ladies, ale here and there to be found
who have, with equal courage and good
sense, dispensed with this unnecessary
article. Of dress. Among the majority
WHO continue to wear it there are also
signs. though less pronounced, Of the
same healthy tendency. Tght-lacing
is viewed with much less favor than
formerly. Women as we'll as men are
coming to sec that artificial slenderness
is net beauty. and indeed the sham and
,unreason apparent in a figure wantonly
ssEtracted must create in all thinking
persons a feeling of repugnance which
.ohsetualy prevents the possibility of adj
nTation. Victims of this hurtful prac-
Ties and griovous error in taste are
still, however. not uncommon. Only a
few days ago an inquest on the body of
an elderly female revealed the fact that
death was due to the direct consequence
of her having the stays too tightly
laced. This is by no means the first
instance in which the coveted fneness
of waist has been thus dearly purchased.
1t is, in fact, impossible that this Gus
tom can but ipjure health. for what are
its effects? By tight lacing, which
forces together the elastic ribs and har-
rows the space within the thorax, free
action of the lungs is obviously rem
dered impossible; the liver and heart
are displaced, and the great blood ves-
sells unnaturally stretched. The I'M
fortunate worshiper of a false ideal loses
with free respiration the due effect of
the most powerful force which aids the
heart in driving its blood through the
body-the force of thoracic suction.
Displacement of the heart, moreover
can only result in palpitation or severer
cardiac troubles. Thus it comes to
pass that every organ and tissue is un-
dernourished, digestion is little more
than meaningless term, and healthy
life in any part of the body is unknown.
This may seem to be forcible language,
but it is nevertheless the clothing of
facts which it does not merely envelope,
but in many cases fits with strictness
not Incompatible to the firm embrace
Of the most fashionably strait corset.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-05

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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-05
An Indian Wake,

At midnight we were present at q
End of sswake'' over the daughter of
al Indian Chief who had suddenly died
and was to be cremated the following
day. Clad in high top boots, each per-
son carrying a lantern, we tramped
over painless bit of country some dis
t2nee back from the shore, through a
muddy, Shiny soil. Some time before
We reached the spot the groans and
sArieks of the mourners conld be heard.
Arriving at the Chiefs hut, our guide
FIRST crawls in, crouching low, and dis
appears. Soon emerging, he leads us
in single file through the opening, only
only two feet high. A weird sight pre-
sents-itself. In the centre is a fire of
loose logs and brush; the smoke, after
filing the hut as well as the lungs of
the occupants, passes out through a
hole in the roof. Seated around the fire
On the ground are the wives and rela-
tives of the Chief. At the further end,
on kind of bed, lie the remains of the
Chiefs pretty daughter, girl of IS.
Her black hair lay loosely over the
pillow. A tiny red handkerchief en-
eircled her pretty throat; a deer-skin
was laid over her body, and over it her
exquisite]y nodded arms were gracefully:
crossed; at the head and foot of the
body pine knot was burning, sending
flashes of light over the scene. The
Chief stood at her head. A huge fellow
with hard, villancus countenance en-
bIaced us warmly, much to our discom-
fort. After this ceremony we 'all
s4uatted about the fire, charging the
circle of mourners, and fell in with the
general chorus as best as we could
Alaska Letter.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-05

women who graduated at Wellesley
this year is chac terized BY remarkable
''breadth and fullness Of the forehead,
unconcealed BY any disfiguring (D.
bang The portrait of thirty-six Vas
sar seniors, on the other hand, shows
that majority of the girls at that
college wear the ''disfguring bang"
This gives them, unfortunately" a
feminine appearance, but as some men,
at least in New York. continue to prefer
feminine women to others, these girls
have, perhaps, no reason to regret their
appearance. The sentence just quoted
is attributed by the Sun to ga Wellesley
Observer This Wellesley observer
obviously inherited her sense of beauty
from the old Massachusetts, Puritans.-
The Epoch. ,.,,.. NJ
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-05

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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-05
Wonde. I'll ESCAPE rom 5. Death.

One Of the most singular Incidents
connected with the burning Of the
Opera Comique, says q Paris letter, was
the wonderful escape from death Of one
OF the chorus. singers. On the first alaryn
he had rushed upstairs to his dress
ing-room on the fourth floor to save his
small possessions, and on arriving there,
overcome with heat and smoke, he had
fallen on the floor in q swoon. There
he lay in state Of utter. insensibility
for over two hours. His dressing
room was fortunately situated in an
angle. of the building which flames did
not reach. the state Of syncope in which
he was had suspended respiration, and
SO, unframed by the fire or by the
poisonous smoke and gases evolved
from the burning scenery, he remained
there in safety while death and destruc-
ton were rioting around him. It was
long past IL o'clock when he came to
his senses and realized the horror and
danger of his position. He made his
escape by staircase leading to the
Rue de Marivaux, and on finding him
self in safety he once more became I'M
conscious and was taken to . phar-
macy from whence he was transferred
to hospital. A few days ago he was
discharged cured, after suffering severe
~ from his long sojourn in the pestilen.
tia] atmosphere of the burning building.
He can now boast of being the only
person who remained for two hours in
the Opera Comique after the fire broke
out, and who then escaped not only
alive, but comparatively unhurt.